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A Dictionary of Sources of Tolkien: The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World by David Day
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth. The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures--as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illus ...Show more
A Dictionary of Tolkien by David Day
Category: Fantasy | Series: Tolkien Ser.
"We wants it, we needs it. Must have the Precious." J.R.R. Tolkien is the father of modern fantasy. He created characters and a world so rich with details--and so unique--that it warranted a whole new vocabulary along with it. His creation of language is not surprising, considering his first civilian ...Show more
A Dictionary of Tolkien: An A-Z Guide to the Creatures, Plants, Events and Places of Tolkien's World by David Day
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Tolkien Ser.
This deluxe edition of David Day's hugely popular A Dictionary of Tolkien is a handsome hardback with an embossed and foiled cover, gilt edges and ribbon marker. Published in a larger format, this edition features some all-new artwork in full colour alongside the familiar illustrations, sketches and pa ...Show more
A Guide to Tolkien by David Day
Category: Fiction
This book explores Tolkien's mythical world of Middle-earth and the Undying lands, the backdrop to his saga 'The Lord of the Rings'. Arranged in an A-Z format, it explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful places.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Novel with Its Many Hidden Meanings Revealed by David Day
Category: Children's
This gorgeous 150th anniversary edition of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland "is also a revelatory work of scholarship. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"--published 150 years ago in 1865--is a book many of us love and feel we know well. But it turns out we have only scratched the surface. Scholar David ...Show more
An Atlas of Tolkien by David Day
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Tolkien Ser.
This deluxe edition of David Day's hugely popular The Atlas of Tolkien is a handsome hardback with an embossed and foiled cover, gilt edges and ribbon marker. Published in a larger format, this edition features some all-new artwork and charts alongside the familiar, exquisite maps, sketches and paintin ...Show more
An Atlas of Tolkien (HB) by David Day
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Tolkien
This lavish, colour atlas is a complete guide to the weird and wonderful geography of Tolkien's world. Packed with full page maps and illustrations of events in the annals of Middle-earth, it is the perfect companion to the bestselling A Dictionary of Tolkien. This book is unofficial and is not authoris ...Show more
An Encyclopedia of Tolkien - The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World (Leatherbound Classics) by David Day
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In this beautifully illustrated, leather-bound volume, bestselling author and Tolkien scholar Day presents four decades of research and writing on the lands and inhabitants of Middle-earth.
Andrew Fisher by David Day
Category: Biography
Andrew Fisher was a man who hated imperial honours, yet enjoyed the trappings of office, a leader who believed in world socialism, yet took Australians into the First World War. In this authoritative and immensely readable biography, David Day reveals the man, his politics and his remarkable legacy.
Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia by David Day
Category: Biography
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was one of Australia's great nation-builders, yet his story is largely unknown. He left school early to work in the coalmines of Scotland, educating himself at night. In 1885, at the age of 22, he immigrated to Queensland. There Fisher committed himself to politics and was s ...Show more
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
Category: History
Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, ...Show more
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
Category: History
A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth. For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain James Cook sailed further sou ...Show more